I created an app which uses bar code scanning...

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I created an app which uses bar code scanning for scanning assets in a facility. How do I make the bar code scanner open without necessarily having to press the icon for it in the text field for each record.

In other words, how do I make the scanning happen automitically saving each record?

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Have you tried to use options “Auto save” and “Auto re-open”? You can find them from the Form view’s definition.

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Did you figure this out?

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Found out that if I just show the [Name] field (Bar Code input), it will just auto open. But if I enable other fields like having to insert Temperature, remarks etc, the bar code will not auto open itself.

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To use the Auto-Open function, the Barcode column…

  • has to be the first column appearing in the form, or
  • has to come after a column that’s not a free text or number input
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Fabian, thanks for pointing this out.

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